Since it was released to the public on March 2006, the Nokia 2610 had sold 8.2M units worldwide. Not surprisingly, the great majority are in Europe, where Nokia holds near to 50% market share in comparison to 20% in the American market.

On august 2007 Nokia announced on a battery recalls for all batteries manufactured by the Japanese company Matsushita between December 2005 and November 2006, due to overheating. According to Nokia's reports, 46 million batteries were potentially affected while 100 official incidents were reported. The problematic BL-5C is suitable for the Nokia 2610.

Life expectancy of the Nokia's 2610 battery is considered to be 3 hours of talk time and up to 300 stand by time.

As of Q4/2008, Nokia 2610 is priced approximately 70$. However most network companies offer this phone for free when entering a 3 years contract.

A significant disadvantage of the Nokia 2610 is its internal memory, only 3MB. Moreover, there is no possibility to expand the provided memory.

Weighing 91 grams with a size of 104 x 43 x 18 mm, The Nokia 2610 is being advertised as a light weight phone in the size of a candy bar.

According to "Cellphone.ca" website users, it is almost impossible to read the Nokia 2610 screen in sunlight; in addition, the phone will not accept ringtone downloads. Despite all that, it was given the average mark of 7.4 by all users.

Nokia 2610 is a dual band phone. That means that if you bought it in the US, you will have to unlock it when moving to a different country.

The phone book can accommodate 300 contacts with information of the phone number, formal name, nickname, email address, web address, company name and job title, residential address, birth date and some notes.

If you desire to impress your friends with amazing cellular games, you will be disappointed from the Nokia 2610 due to its very low quality of screen graphics.